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AMD 50% At Dell in 2007

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the could-be-maybe dept.

A reader writes: "Reports from Taiwan chipmakers indicate that AMD may make a very large percentage of Dell's sales this year." AMD, of course, has made no comments in regard to this; but if the reports are correct, then it's another setback for Intel in the server market.

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  1. Dell had to do something by LWATCDR · · Score: 5, Insightful

    IBM, HP, and Sun are all beating Dell in the server market. They all offer two things that Dell doesn't
    1. AMD servers.
    2. A server upgrade path beyond the X86.
    I think the last one is over looked. If you need big iron IBM can provide a Power based solution, Sun can upgrade you to an Ultrasparc based server, and even HP has the Integrity and Superdome lines.
    The other thing that IBM, HP, and Sun offer is real Linux and Unix support. IBM is heavy into Linux now and still is actively developing AIX, Sun has Solaris and more than a few FOSS projects going on, and HP has good support for Linux and not one but Two versions of Unix.
    The difference is Dell sells boxes, IBM, HP, and Sun are computer companies.

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  2. TFA? by Carewolf · · Score: 2, Insightful

    What? Is this such a loose rumor that you can't even link to someone spreading the rumor?